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Rick Moody

Rick Moody
Author and critic; Professor of English, Tufts University
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Taylor Swift: The Modest Proposal

Finitude, in 63 parts

February 28, 2024 • by Rick Moody
And so the working hypothesis of this proposal is: that only art with an awareness of finitude constitutes meaningful composition. ...

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